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Isaiah 32:17
The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
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Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realizing that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.He will enter into peace— they will rest on their beds— everyone who lives uprightly.
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2 Timothy 4 6-2 Timothy 4 8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.
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Acts 7:59-60
While they were stoning Stephen, he called out,“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And after saying this, he fell asleep.
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Job 1:1
There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
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Luke 2:25-29
There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he saw the Lord’s Messiah.Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for him what was customary under the law,Simeon took him up in his arms, praised God, and said,Now, Master, you can dismiss your servant in peace, as you promised.
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Proverbs 14:32
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
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Job 42:12-17
So the LORD blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.He also had seven sons and three daughters.He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.Then Job died, old and full of days.
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2 Peter 1 14
since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me.
